Born in Buenos Aires, and a long time Chicago resident, it's no wonder Beatriz is a world traveler.

Beatriz Badikian-Gartler earned her doctorate in creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants in the language arts.   Recently, Badikian-Gartler has been a faculty member at Chicago's Roosevelt University , the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Newberry Library where she teaches literature, writing and women's studies.  Today she teaches at Northwestern University in Evanston, and was recently named one of 100 Women Who Make a Difference by Today's Chicago Woman magazine.

She is the author of:   Old Gloves: A 20th Century Saga, a novel published by Fractal Edge Press
      Mapmaker Revisited, a collection of poetry
      Akewa is a Woman, a chapbook of poetry now in its second edition.
      Co-editor of Naming the Daytime Moon, an anthology of Chicago women writers.
      Contributor to the mini-anthology Emergency Tacos.

Known in Chicago as a dynamic speaker, Beatriz shares her work on the national poetry circuit and appears in galleries, bookstores, libraries and community centers through the country. She has lectured throughout the Midwest on poetry and literature, and has a deep interest in fiction, American literature of the twentieth century, multi-ethnic literatures of the United States, film theory and travel literature.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Spring 2007
Topics in Latino Studies: Latinos in Hollywood

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Fall 2006
Introduction to Latino Studies

Newberry Library Lyceum Series,Chicago, Illinois - Fall 2006
See the World, Write the Story:  Travel Writing Workshop

Aegean Arts Circle, Andros, Greece - Summer 2006
Creative Writing Workshop

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Spring 2006
Topics in Latino Studies: Latinos in Hollywood

Newberry Library Lyceum Series, Chicago, Illinois - Spring 2006
I Write; Therefore I am: Memoir and Personal Essays

ArtScape, Chicago, Illinois - Spring 2006
See The World, Write The Story: Travel Writing Workshop

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Fall 2005, 2006
Introduction to Latino Studies: Literature

Newberry Library Lyceum Series, Chicago, Illinois - Fall 2005

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Creative Writing, Twentieth Century American Literature with a specialization in:  Latino Literature, African-American Literature
Travel Literature, Film Theory

EDUCATION  1994 Ph.D. English--Graduate concentration in Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago.